Town Talk

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 254, 27 October 1938, Page 6

Town Talk

Wanganui Election Recount. The official recotint of votes cast in the Wanganui electorate during tne general election is still occupying the attention of the returning officer, Mr. A. E. Dobbie. It is hoped that the recount will be finished by this afternoon.

Raetihi Spring Cattle Fair. The Raetihi spring cattle fair, which is being held to-day, was wrongly advertised in yesterday’s issue as being held on Wednesday. Sellers and buyers are therefore requested to note that the sale is to-day (Thursday).

Technical College Roll. At last night’s meeting of the Wanganui Technical College Board of Managers, the principal, Mr. I. E. Newton, reported that 33 pupils had left during the month for the following destinations: Shops, 4; oflices, 9; New Zealand Railways, 5; Post and Telegraph Department, 1: trades, 8, home, 3. Three had left the district. Three new pupils had been admitted.

Wanganui Gun Club. The next monthly shoot of the Wanganui Gun Club, which takes place to-morrow, wilt probably be held on the Rimu Street grounds for the last time, as arrangements have been completed for the lease of new grounds at Westmere. The work of putting these grounds in order will include new appointments and accommodation for next year's New Zealand championships.

Librarian’s Report. In her report to lhe Wanganui City Council on Tuesday night, Miss A. M. Blackett, librarian to the Wanganui Public Library, stated that the total membership for September was 2127 compared with 2044 for September last year. During the past month new books purchased included 46 fiction, 16 non-fiction, 13 reference and one juvenile.

Unusual Golf Shot. Golfers of many years’ experience watched with more than passing interest the playing of a stroke on the Shirley links, Christchurch. It was during a championship match between I. B. Cromb and H. W. Macfar'lane, who were playing toward the Pagoda. After a long drive Cromb lodged his second shot in the branches of a willow tree about Bft. above the ground. He played the shot from the tree, but the ball rolled into a creek and he lost the hole.

Cost of Transport. Delegates from the Wanganui, Waitotara, Patea and Rangitikei County Councils were present at yesterday’s meeting of the Wanganui Provincial Executive of the Farmers’ Union when the question of transport costs was discussed in committee. The meeting referred several matters to a small

sub-committee representative of roai users and the county councils, to for mulate proposals to be submitted I the Wanganui branch of the Nev Zealand Road Transport Alliance.

Intermediate School Owing to illness among pupils, the Palmerston North Central School will not be able to participate in the choral festival being arranged by the Wanganui Intermediate School for November 17. The festival is being held as part of a comprehensive scheme of entertainment for the purpose of raising funds to equip the school with means for visual education. A full programme of music will be supplied for the choral night by the Wanganui Intermediate School. White Butterfly. The opinion that farmers should have every confidence In their cruciferous crops this season and that the white butterfly would not get ahead of its parasite, which was now ple.i'.iful in the East Coast, Poverty Bay, Wairarapa, Manawatu and West Coast districts, was expressed by Mr. C. J. Hamblyn, fields superintendent of the Department of Agriculture, at Palmerston North. He said that because of the damage done to crops last season by the white butterfly farmers had become concerned about the planting of cruciferous crops. This .spring had been most suitable for the growth of the white butterfly, but there had been only a small carryover of live chrysalids through the winter. At the close of last season the parasite had the upper hand. Young Boy’s Adventure. Footsore and weary after a 15-mile walk from Ratana to Wanganui, Dennis Turner, a pupil at the Wanganui Intermediate School, returned to his home on Sunday night after having hitch-hiked to Wellington and back in the week-end. The boy, who is 14 years of age, left his home at 11 a.m. on Saturday with 2s 6d in his pocket, and, without a word to his parents, set out for Wellington. He reached Wellington at about 6 p.m., having been helped on the way by six motor-cars and a lorry. Going home, his transport arrangements were not quite so complete. He was put down at Ratana by his last benefactor, a Maori, and walked the last stage, to arrive home with blistered feet and the story of his adventures in the capital city. Evening School Classes. Enrolments for evening school classes have continued to show a very satisfactory increase, stated the principal of the Wanganui Technical College, Mr. I. E. Newton, in his monthlyreport, which was presented at a meeting of the Board of Managers last night. At the encl of October, 1937, the total enrolments were 276, whereas for this year they were 404, There had been an increase in the number of classes since June of this year, from 35 to 45. These new classes were in general concerned with giving apprentices in the different trades types of instruction which they were before unable to receive. In particular had a course been successfully established for both mechanical and marine engineers. In order to prepare the organisation of evening classes next year, a completely revised prospectus had been prepared and a questionnaire issued to all present evening students.